The invisibility cloak has a time limit, Xiao Lou and the other three left quickly, while Ye Qi continued to monitor the movements of Grandma Sun's house.
After walking far away, Xiao Loucai asked in a low voice, "Early this morning, there was a message saying that there is only one gem left in the village. Which one does Captain Yu think it is?"
Yu Hanjiang thought for a while and said, "The three gems from the ruined temple, the village chief's house, and Mrs. Qin's house have been taken away. We have found the two gems in the wheat field outside the village. The gems from the villager's house in the east of the village are probably also
The challengers who searched the village found it, and the last remaining one may be the one in the pond."
Xiao Lou said, "Should we go and have a look?"
Liu Qiao said, "You two, you go to the pond. I want to go up the mountain to have a look. Last night, those people stole all the villagers' roosters and dogs and went to the west mountain. I think those animals should still be on the west mountain."
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Xiao Lou was a little worried, "What if you are in danger if you act alone?"
Liu Qiao said, "It doesn't matter. I have a flight card. If I can't beat you, I can run away."
Xiao Lou smiled and said, "Then be careful. We will meet you in Xishan soon."
Liu Qiao nodded, turned around and flew away.
Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou and asked in a low voice, "What do you think of this girl?"
Xiao Lou looked at the direction in which Liu Qiao disappeared and said, "She is very smart, otherwise she would not have reached the level of 4 of spades alone. There is still room in our contract. If she is willing to join, I want to take her with me."
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Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "I'm worried that the number of people in the next stage of the secret room will be limited. The intermediate contract is for 5 people, and the advanced level is for 8 to 15 people. If there are not enough people, they will be randomly matched. Instead of matching with pig teammates, it is better to find suitable team members in advance.
.Whether we want to add Liu Qiao or not, we can wait until we go to the main city and understand the rules of the next stage."
Xiao Lou nodded, "That's right. She may not be willing to team up with us, she still has to find her sister."
While the two were chatting, they turned and walked towards the pond.
Along the way, they met many challengers who entered the village to search.
There are still 18 challengers in the village, but there is only one gem left. For this last gem, everyone is racing against time. The challengers are in a hurry, and no one pays attention to Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, who are all hurrying to search.
Villager's house.
At this moment, a girl suddenly asked confusedly by the pond, "I didn't catch a fish, why did I catch a box?"
This girl was obviously a little slow. She was fishing by the pond and caught a wooden box. She didn't expect that it was probably a gem. Her companion was the first to react and immediately ran over and said, "Shh, keep your voice down, let's take a look at what's in the box."
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However, she was still a step too late.
A man suddenly jumped down from the tree, stopped them with a scale, and snatched the delicate wooden box from the girl's hand.
The girl turned red with anger and said, "I caught this, give it back to me."
Her companions also gritted their teeth and said, "You are so shameless when you just grab girls' things."
The man sneered and said, "The rules don't say you can't rob. You have to rely on your ability to find things. If you are robbed, you can only blame you for being too weak."
After he said that, he opened the box excitedly. When he opened it, he found that the box was empty.
The man was startled. "Empty" Soon, he found that his legs could not move. The man suddenly turned around and saw a man wearing a mask, male and female, holding a crystal clear red eye stone in his hand, coldly.
He said, "If I were to say that I was robbed, I can only blame you for being too weak."
The man left these words and quickly disappeared from sight.
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang came to check near the pond and happened to witness this scene of "the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind".
Xiao Lou lowered his voice and said, "If you read it correctly, the man in the mask just took the gems out of the box. He didn't get close to the box. Maybe he drew a card like teleportation."
Yu Hanjiang nodded and said, "These challengers are very powerful. Regardless of others, let's go up the mountain first."
The last gem was just caught by a girl fishing. So far, all seven gems in Liuxi Village have been found. Except for a boy and a girl who ran out of the village in advance to escape, the other people who got the gems should still be in the village.
There are currently 18 challengers and 6 gems in Liuxi Village, and demand exceeds supply.
In the next few days, there will be more and more fights like the one just now. When forced, vicious fights and bloodshed may occur. Xiao Lou did not dare to reveal that he was carrying gems in his arms. He and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other.
He quickly left the area.
Ye Qi, who was in charge of monitoring, suddenly said through the telepathic channel, "Professor Xiao, the result of the discussion among the villagers at Grandma Sun's house was to go to the mountains to find their chickens and dogs. Grandma Sun and Mrs. Qin took them to the Western Mountains together."
Xiao Lou replied, "Captain Yu and I are heading to Xishan. Xiaoye, you and Mr. Shao are optimistic about the village chief. Also, be careful if someone comes to snatch the gems. If you encounter someone who robs you, teleport away first and we will come back as soon as possible."
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Ye Qi's clear voice came to his ears, "Don't worry."
When Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang arrived at Xishan, Liu Qiao was surrounded by people.
It was the man and woman who tied up Xiao Lou with Bai Ling and threatened him that day. Those two people blocked Liu Qiao's way. I don't know what card skills the other party used. Liu Qiao fell directly from the tree, and her face was stained with
Gray, her hair is covered with leaves, but her eyes are calm, "I told you, I don't have any gems on my body."
The woman sneered and said, "Do you think we would believe it? After we came out of the ruined temple that day, we saw you flying over the tree. You must have found the first gem."
The man said in a sinister manner, "Little sister, hand it over quickly and we will spare your life."
Liu Qiao said coldly, "I really don't have it. If you don't believe me, you can search for it."
The woman glanced at Liu Qiao suspiciously, walked up to her, and wanted to search her body. Xiao Lou took a step forward and was about to help, when Yu Hanjiang suddenly hugged him and said, "Don't worry."
The next moment, a cute little red riding hood suddenly appeared in Liu Qiao's place.
The little girl was less than 1.4 meters tall, wearing a red cloak and a big hood on her head. Her face was white and tender, with a warm smile that could melt people's hearts.
The woman was going to search Liu Qiao's body, but she found that he suddenly turned into a little girl. She was slightly stunned.
I just heard the little girl ask seriously in a childish voice, "Are you my grandma?"
The woman's face changed and she said, "What are you talking about?"
When Little Red Riding Hood heard this answer, her cute face changed instantly. Her facial features twisted at an extremely fast speed, turning into a big bad wolf, opening her mouth wide, and biting the woman's arm with sharp teeth.
The woman screamed like a slaughtered pig, "Ahhhhhh"
In the distance, about 10 meters away, Liu Qiao watched all this with cold eyes. After seeing Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, she nodded towards them, but did not come over to acknowledge them. Instead, she put away her cards and quickly
Turn around and leave.
Xiao Lou breathed a sigh of relief. No wonder Liu Qiao dared to act alone. The card "Little Red Riding Hood" she mentioned before was also very powerful.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou ignored the couple and quickly followed Liu Qiao up the mountain.
Liu Qiao stopped under a tree in the distance and waited for them. After seeing the two of them, he immediately flew down from the tree and said calmly, "I was tricked by that couple just now. That woman has a strange card in her hand that can destroy me."
The skill caused me to fall out of the tree."
She stretched out the back of her hand to wipe the mud from her face, picked up the leaves from her hair, and then said, "I didn't recognize you, because in that case, it would be easy for them to guess that the gem is in our hands."
Xiao Lou smiled and said, "You did it right."
Yu Hanjiang asked directly, "What's going on with Little Red Riding Hood?"
Liu Qiao explained, "The upgrade unlocks two skills, Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma Wolf. You can use Little Red Riding Hood to replace the controlled person and turn him into a wolf attack target."
No wonder Liu Qiao was obviously controlled by the balance, but a little red riding hood suddenly appeared on the spot, but she teleported away. Xiao Lou praised, "This card is also quite interesting."
"I found the villagers' chickens and dogs." Liu Qiao pointed in the direction of the ruined temple, "They are all near the human bone pit."
At this moment, a large number of footsteps were heard not far away, which was obviously the arrival of a large army of villagers.
Liu Qiao, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang immediately walked into the backyard of the ruined temple and climbed to the roof with the help of a big tree to hide.
The roof happens to be sloping, so lying on it will not easily attract the attention of people on the ground.
As a result, as soon as the three of them climbed onto the roof, they discovered that four people were already lying there.
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The roof is a little crowded.
Seven people were lying on the roof side by side, and no one spoke first. The scene was extremely awkward for a moment.
After a while, Yu Hanjiang whispered, "Don't make any noise, hide everything, use the invisibility cloak if you have one, don't be discovered by the villagers."
The other four people had complicated expressions. Among them, a familiar man's voice said, "It's you, the one from Mrs. Qin's house."
When they went to search Mrs. Qin's house, all four of them were wearing cloaks and did not see each other. Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou searched the kitchen first, but someone took the opportunity to take away the gems from the bedroom.
Yu Hanjiang remembered this voice and asked, "You have got the gems and want to pass the level perfectly."
The man said, "Just try. You also found the gem."
Yu Hanjiang didn't answer, which was regarded as acquiescence.
It seems that the seven people currently lying on the roof have obtained the gems and are confirmed to be able to pass the level. No wonder these four people suddenly stole all the villagers' chickens and dogs last night. They wanted to deliberately attract people to destroy the temple and let them go.
The murderer showed his true identity.
It’s also a good idea.
Xiao Lou smiled and said, "Since everyone has the same goal, we should hide it well and not be discovered by the villagers."
There was a messy sound of footsteps outside, and it was obvious that the villagers had arrived nearby.
This road was the road they usually used to carry water, and everyone was familiar with it. When they walked to the entrance of the ruined temple, everyone heard the sounds of "gurgling" and "woofing" coming from the temple. Lin San, the leader, looked happy.
He said, "Found it. Our chickens and dogs are all kept here."
A woman next to me said, "I heard our Spot's cry. It must be tied here."
Someone said, "Would you like to go in and take a look?"
A group of people were talking about it. Grandma Sun walked to the front with a cane. She raised her head and looked at the half-torn talisman on the door of the ruined temple. She raised a sneer at the corner of her lips, "Don't go in, if someone has planted a trap inside, you guys
If you can’t see it, if you go in, you will die.”
The villagers' faces were full of worry, "But our spots are inside" "Yes, my rooster is also inside, we can't just ignore it" "Mother-in-law, there are so many of us, I don't believe outsiders can catch us all"
"Yes, everyone comes together"
Just as everyone was about to push the door open, Aunt Qin suddenly stepped forward and stopped in front of everyone, saying in a hoarse voice, "You all wait here, I will take Xiao Hei in to take a look."
In her hand, she held the ferocious Tibetan Mastiff.
The dog was full of momentum and roared several times, and the surrounding area became quiet for a moment. Even the dogs in the temple became quiet.
Old Mrs. Qin turned around and looked at the door in front of her. She murmured, "Old Sun, please accompany me in."
Grandma Sun nodded and walked into the ruined temple with her.
The challenger hiding on the roof immediately retracted his head in tacit agreement.
The door of the ruined temple was opened, and a gust of wind blew by, blowing up the talismans everywhere. The eyes painted on the talismans seemed to be shedding tears of blood. The two old ladies walked side by side into the ruined temple slowly.
They arrived near the human bone pit and found that all the villagers' chickens and dogs were tied to the surrounding trees.
Old Mrs. Qin looked at the dug pit of human bones, tapped the ground with her crutch, and sighed, "Retribution is really retribution. In a few days, it will be the death anniversary of my Xueer. With so many things happening in the village, could it be Xueer?"
Show me the spirit and tell me not to continue to do evil again.”
Grandma Sun said expressionlessly, "If Xue'er was still here, she would definitely want to gouge out the eyes of these beasts."
Old Mrs. Qin smiled and said, "It's a pity that your family Shiyu was innocently implicated. Speaking of which, it has been thirty-five years since you came to our village."
Grandma Sun looked at the human bone pit in front of her and said with a smile, "Yeah, I almost forgot what my Shiyu looks like."
Old Mrs. Qin said, "I remember that your Shiyu was very beautiful. She was a girl from a big city. She was very elegant, tall and thin, with fair skin. Her clothes were also very exquisite. That bracelet was from the village."
Girls are envious of it.”
Granny Sun said, "Your Xue'er is still pretty. Although she can't see, she is smart and cute. If only she could go back to the city to go to school with our Shiyu back then."
When she said this, she suddenly paused and had no idea.
Both of them fell silent.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and the charms on the ground rustled. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, who were lying on the roof to eavesdrop, couldn't help but look at each other.
Their reasoning is close to the truth, but not the whole truth.
Unexpectedly, more than one person could be seen in Liuxi Village, and more than one person died that year.
It can be analyzed from the dialogue that the daughters of Mrs. Qin and Granny Sun were both brutally murdered back then.
Grandma Sun's daughter, Sun Shiyu, is the girl who came from the big city and is wearing a beautiful cat's eye bracelet. Her eyes should be normal. Out of her love for cat's eye, she came to Liuxi Village in person.
Look for jade raw materials here.
And Qin Xueer, the daughter of Mrs. Qin, is the blind person.
Just now, Mrs. Qin mentioned that "your Shiyu was implicated." Maybe Qin Xueer encountered something first, and Sun Shiyu went to help, but was implicated and both of them were brutally killed.
What could happen to two girls to be killed together?
Xiao Lou couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine when he thought of a possibility.
If it was really what he thought, that Sun Shiyu and Qin Xueer were first raped and then killed by the ignorant villagers, then these two women, who were mothers, had such deep hatred for Liuxi Village that they would not do anything crazy, no matter how crazy they were.
It's too much. The treasure they hold in their palms has suffered such torture. They wish they could eat the flesh of their enemies and drink their blood.
Yu Hanjiang's face was serious. Obviously, he had also thought of this. The source of hatred and the truth are shocking.
Beside the human bone pit, two old ladies stood silently.
Thirty-five years later, their hair has turned completely white, their backs are slightly curved, their figures on crutches show their old age, and their eyes have become extremely cloudy. But the hatred in their eyes, even when staring at these gloomy bones
, and it has not weakened at all.
Old Mrs. Qin said coldly, "They all deserve to die."
Grandma Sun said, "Let's just settle it once and for all."
Mrs. Qin turned around and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Grandma Sun smiled slightly, "I'm tired after so many years. Isn't it their death anniversary in a few days? I want to end it."